News on the topic: human rights defenders
10.07.2015 Azerbaijan: Trial against Leyla and Arif Yunus to open after a year in custody
Paris-Geneva, 10 July 2015 – On July 13, 2015, the trial of Leyla and Arif Yunus will open before the Baku Administrative-Economical Court. After almost a year in detention, where they have been denied the medical treatment they desperately require, they will face charges such as “large-scale fraud,” “forgery,” “tax evasion,” and “illegal business.” The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders urges the authorities in Azerbaijan to immediately and unconditionally release them.
10.07.2015 Ministry of Education believes th there are ample opportunities to study Belarusian language in Belarus
Commenting on the report of Salihorsk representatives of the Belarusian Helsinki Committee on the observance of the rights of Belarusian-speaking citizens in the region, the Ministry of Education has come to the conclusion about the existence of wide opportunities for the study of the Belarusian language and its use in all areas of communication.
08.07.2015 Supreme Court upholds prohibition of picket in Baranavičy
July 7, Baranavičy human rights activist Siarhei Housha received a response from the Supreme Court to his complaint concerning the prohibition of the picket he intended to hold on December 10, 2014. The picket was prohibited by Baranavičy City Executive Committee. The ban was then upheld by Baranavičy City and District Court and Brest Regional Court. The Supreme Court recognized the courts' verdicts as lawful and dismissed the appeal of the human rights activist.
08.07.2015 Shabnam Khudoydodova not allowed to meet with lawyer
Shabnam Khudoydodova, arrested activist of “Group 24”, hasn't been allowed to meet with a lawyer for over ten days.
08.07.2015 "Committee against Torture" is left among the foreign agents and can be liquidated
July 8 the panel of judges of the regional court in Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) dismissed the appeal of the human rights organization "Committee against Torture" and upheld the decision of the Sovetsky District Court of Nizhny Novgorod, which upheld the prosecutor of Nizhny Novgorod Region Oleg Panasenko.
08.07.2015 What do administrative detainees pay for?
There is no clear and transparent information regarding the nutrition norms for persons serving an administrative arrest remains unclear.
08.07.2015 Salihorsk: human rights appeal against actions of the local Council of Deputies
Human rights activist Leanid Markhotka has appealed to the Minsk Regional Council of Deputies the refusal of the Presidium of the Salihorsk District Council to bring to the next sitting the draft ruling "On Freedom of Peaceful Assembly”.
06.07.2015 Human rights activist began battle with Customs Committee
May 24, Ašmiany Customs conducted a personal search of human rights activist Leanid Sudalenka at the checkpoint "Kamienny Loh" Ašmiany Customs and seized from him his laptop and printed media. Today, July 6, 2015, Mr. Sudalenka appealed to Ašmiany District Court.
01.07.2015 Human rights activists: “We want to perceive the statement of the authorities that the elections should go quietly as the absence of human rights violations”
July 1, a press-conference, dedicated to the start of the campaign for monitoring the presidential elections in Belarus was held at the office of the Human Rights Center “Viasna”.
01.07.2015 Valiantsin Stefanovich: Ministry of Information acting like "Ministry of Truth"
As stated by the Information Minister Liliya Ananich, the Ministry of Information tries to teach the owners of Internet resources responsibility in the information space and attentively considers each application of citizens about the work of the media.
01.07.2015 Presidential Administration bounces report on discrimination of Belarusian language
Administration of the President has again left without consideration the report of the Salihorsk BHC representatives regarding the observance of the rights of Belarusian-speaking citizens in the area, which they sent to the office of the President after correcting the formal defects.
01.07.2015 Statement on the occasion of the beginning of the campaign to monitor the presidential elections in Belarus
The House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus has determined the date of the next presidential elections - October 11, 2015. According to Art. 81 of the Belarusian Constitution, the President is elected for five years directly by the people through universal, free, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
26.06.2015 “Viasna” activists join campaign against torture
Activists of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” have joined a campaign against torture, initiated by the Russian NGO “Committee against Torture”.
25.06.2015 Belarusian volunteers expand work to Lviv
The Human Rights Humanitarian Mission in Ukraine, which was initiated by the Human Rights Center "Viasna", has started its work in Lviv. The Belarusian human rights activists, led by Uladzimir Vialichkin, should establish cooperation with local non-governmental organizations.
18.06.2015 Committee against Torture resumes work in Grozny
The Russian human rights organization Committee against Torture, whose office in Grozny was destroyed by unknown assailants on June 3, will resume work in a new location, the former apartment of Natalya Estemirova, an employee of the Memorial human rights NGO, who was kidnapped and murdered in Chechnya in 2009.
